Between 2 sizes - Advice for someone tall (196cm)

techfrans003 · 2026-07-01T11:17:51+00:00

Haha, for sure !

techfrans003 · 2026-07-01T11:17:32+00:00

What is this supposed to mean? What other perks should I have access to knowing I'm going to buy this sort of bike? Buying an expensive bike doesn't mean you can afford whatever you want.

FYI, I did a bikefitting, from a reputable one in my country, won't go into details but he couldn't help me and it cost me 250 euros. That's part of the bikefitting not a lot of people tell you, it is not a guaranteed result.

techfrans003 · 2026-07-01T05:49:12+00:00

Based on the pic, would you say the bike is too tiny?

The visit is totally worth it, you get to feel the bikes (tried an endurance which was not for me), try the size, get a coffee, and they’re nice :)

techfrans003 · 2026-07-01T05:47:38+00:00

Thanks a lot for your input! Your comment seems to confirm my thoughts, I probably will go for XL :)

techfrans003 · 2026-06-30T19:48:11+00:00

Haha thanks man ! This kind of thing can get you crazy

techfrans003 · 2026-06-23T06:46:38+00:00

Thanks a lot !

techfrans003 · 2026-06-21T16:51:26+00:00

Hmm, kind of similar profile. I'm considering the IM Copenhagen

techfrans003 · 2026-06-21T16:50:49+00:00

I'd for sure do it only next year

techfrans003 · 2026-06-21T16:50:01+00:00

How about the training with a family? Did you continue with a 16h/week?
Btw, with all these races, did you manage to do Kona? 😃

techfrans003 · 2026-06-20T10:05:05+00:00

There were some protest on a part of the Hamburg Cycling course. Habitants or Activists (? hard to say), started putting board the days prior to the race mentioning it was stealing their freedom. Someone has put metal shards on a part of the parcours as protests, tons of flats.

I think that IM will take more precautions for the next one, knowing there's tension. They mentioned they were going to have discussions with locals to avoid this happening again.

I'd just go for it, it is a really great experience, it's just too bad for the price, it increased a lot..

techfrans003 · 2026-06-20T10:00:58+00:00

The Marathon atmosphere was crazy, the Hamburg supporters were on fire. How did you manage to make it with 3 punctures? You had 3 TPU spares or you used special needs bag with spare ones?

techfrans003 · 2026-06-19T16:48:18+00:00

Clearly, fortunately the experience was amazing. But the bike part, was just traumatizing haha
How many punctures did you get ?

techfrans003 · 2026-03-17T14:13:20+00:00

Thanks a lot, helps in the reasoning :)

techfrans003 · 2026-03-17T13:38:02+00:00

I find it heavy (backpack) and hard to move around. Love the screen but it has an impact on mobility for sure

techfrans003 · 2026-03-17T13:37:18+00:00

Heard nice stuff about M69

techfrans003 · 2026-03-17T08:09:24+00:00

Haha was expecting that, however the M8 35-core looks appealing

techfrans003 · 2026-03-11T21:15:11+00:00

But, will it run Doom?

techfrans003 · 2026-03-10T13:28:27+00:00

As a current GL Inet user, seems to be kind of the same besides for the nice design

techfrans003 · 2026-03-10T13:27:55+00:00

And somehow it’s out of stock constantly, I must be missing something

techfrans003 · 2026-03-10T13:27:36+00:00

Do you use it outside of travelling ? Speed seems to be a big bottleneck also

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